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  <dc:contributor>Dean R. Jerry</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Damien Burrows</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Meaghan L. Rourke</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Stuart A. Welsh</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2017</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tandanus bellingerensis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, new species, is described based on specimens from four river drainages (Bellinger, Macleay, Hastings, and Manning rivers) of the mid-northern coast of New South Wales, Australia. Previously, three species were recognized in the genus&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tandanus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;:&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;T. tropicanus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;of the wet tropics region of northeast Queensland,&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;T. tandanus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;of the Murray-Darling drainage and coastal streams of central-southern Queensland and New South Wales, and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;T. bostocki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;of southwestern Western Australia. The new species is distinguished from all congeners by a combination of the following morphologic characters: a high count of rays in the continuous caudodorsal and anal fins (range 153–169, mode 159), a high count of gill rakers on the first arch (range 35–39, mode 36), and strongly recurved posterior serrae of the pectoral-fin spine. Additionally, results from previously conducted genetic studies corroborate morphologic and taxonomic distinctness of the new species.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1643/CI-16-547</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>A new species of freshwater eel-tailed catfish of the genus Tandanus (Teleostei: Plotosidae) from coastal rivers of mid-northern New South Wales, Australia</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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